--- title: Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes author: Metropolitan Museum of Art source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8820/attic-oil-flask-depicting-a-scene-from-seven-again/ format: machine-readable-alternate updated: 1970-01-01 --- # Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes _Authored by Metropolitan Museum of Art_ ## Image File [![Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8820.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8820.jpg) ## Image Caption This image of a young warrior cutting his hair before [battle](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/battle/) may reflect a scene in [Seven against Thebes](https://www.worldhistory.org/Seven_Against_Thebes/), a tragedy by [Aeschylus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Aeschylus/). The seven heroes knew that only one of them would survive battle. Each cut a lock of his hair and tied it to the [chariot](https://www.worldhistory.org/chariot/) that would carry home the survivor. This terracotta lekythos (oil flask) was probably made as a [tomb](https://www.worldhistory.org/tomb/) gift c. 470-460 BCE. It may represent one of the seven heroes, or it may reflect the heroic [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/) of an Athenian youth. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund ## Cite This Work ### APA Art, M. M. o. (2018, May 25). Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes. *World History Encyclopedia*. ### Chicago Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 25, 2018. . ### MLA Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Attic Oil Flask Depicting a Scene from Seven Against Thebes." *World History Encyclopedia*, 25 May 2018, . ## License & Copyright © [Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://metmuseum.org/), NY. As part of the [Met's Open Access policy](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access), the Metropolitan Museum of Art has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset. [Original image](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247924) by [**Metropolitan Museum of Art**](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247924). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 25 May 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.